anticoincidence

noun

an·​ti·​co·​in·​ci·​dence

plural -s

: the indication of the passage of an ionizing particle through one counting tube only in a set, the circuit having been designed so that coincidences will not be registered

Word History

Etymology

anti- entry 1 + coincidence

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